Vancouver Island Beneath the Surface | 2025 Scuba Diving Highlights

This film represents a full year of diving around Vancouver Island, with footage captured across more than 200 dives throughout 2025. The dives featured here span Nanaimo, Nanoose, Port Hardy, Browning Passage, and Barkley Sound, showcasing the diversity and scale of cold-water life found in these waters.

This compilation highlights what I consider some of the best scuba diving Vancouver Island has to offer.

More of my underwater video work can be found in these longer compilations:

???? 2 Hours of Vancouver Island Kelp Forests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caILiv5N018

???? 2 Hours Of Browning Passage Underwater
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFhXh2U2D2U

???? 2 Hours Of Octopus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzkNu1PMK_0

???? 2 Hours Of The Salish Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTrQHtj7Px4

My personal website and stock footage collection:
https://www.scubabc.ca

Dive operators and charters featured:

Nanaimo Dive Outfitters (Nanaimo)
https://www.nanaimodiveoutfitters.ca

UB Diving (Port Hardy / Browning Passage)
https://ubdiving.com/port-hardy-browning-passage-dive-trips

Emerald Ocean Charters (Barkley Sound)
https://emeraldoceancharters.com

My Camera Gear:

Sony A7S3
Sony 16-35mm FE4 lens
Sony 90mm F2.8 lens
Sony 24-70mm F2.8 Gmaster II lens
Laowa 10mm F2.8 wide angle lens
Aquatica Digital Camera Housing
9.25" Aquatic Acrylic Dome Port
3 x 15,000 Kraken Solar Flares Mini Lights
2 x 1LB Ultramax Helium Variable Float Arms
Kraken Light Remote Control
Edited With Davinci Resolve

My Camera Settings

Resolution: 4K @ 60fps
Iso: 800, 2000, and 12,800
Sony Picture Profile 8 (SLOG3)
White Balance: Custom or 5600K

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